Emotional Mick Fitzgerald 'so sad' about Gordon Elliott photo

'It's making me quite emotional because these horses have given me a life that I'm privileged to have'

Former jockey Mick Fitzgerald

Former Grand National and Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning jockey Mick Fitzgerald was close to tears on Sky Sports Racing as he discussed the image being circulated online of leading trainer Gordon Elliott sitting on a dead horse.

"My initial reaction to it was: 'I hope it's a fake'," Fitzgerald said. "I just thought, it has to be a fake."